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In article <1992Jul10.193209.27186@morrow.stanford.edu> karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish) writes:
>In article <1992Jul10.164851.9609@pbhya.PacBell.COM> whheydt@PacBell.COM
>(Wilson Heydt) writes:
>>
>>That bombs are relatively indiscriminate weapons?  They sure don't
>>'care' *who* is nearby when they go off and they'll get everyone
>>within their radius of action.
>
>Few weapons are sentient.  It's fatuous to describe the
>weapon itself, rather than its use, as "indiscriminate".
>A small shrapnel bomb inside a vehicle targets the 
>vehicle's occupants very precisely.
>
   It's just as fatuous to make the other persons point for them and
   pretend that you didn't get it.  A bomb inside a vehicle is a
   targeted weapon...a bomb in a mall is an untargeted
   indiscriminate weapon.  
>
>But well-directed.  Accepting (which I don't) that centralized
>power generation is a crime against Nature, the ratepayers
>are complicit in the crime.  The intent is that the facilities
>not be replaced using the same sort of technology.  Ratepayers
>would presumably benefit by replacing power lines with
>energy conservation and non-polluting, non-extractive
>resources, so it's fair that they should pay.
>
     If you ever manage to shake your drug habit, why don't you turn
     off all the electricity to your house, refuse to patronize
     hospitals, stores, doctors, etc. who use electricity?   
>
>The premise that the cited EarthFirst! actions were
>indiscriminate is false.  
   
      Sez you.  
>The premise that bombs are only
>used in indiscriminate ways is false.  
      Sez you.  Of course you are correct, most terrorists DO
      have reasonably specific goals in mind.  Sometimes they target
      the object of their hatred directly, sometimes they target the
      general public for the resulting press coverage.  
      None of them deserve to live.

>I don't see the
>logical link between the two sorts of activities.

      Not surprising.  Most wild-eyed radicals have difficulty
      seeing logic of any type...particularly when it conflicts with
      their delusion that the end justifies the means.